BOCA RATON, Fla. – After a tough non-conference start to the year, the Florida Atlantic University women's soccer team has ran together five straight wins, the last four of which have been shutouts, and hold a current 4-0-0 mark in Conference USA play. All of that is on the line, on the road, Friday night at UTSA at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Owls' Week in Review
FAU (7-6-0, 4-0-0 C-USA) moved above .500 this season for the first time with C-USA shutouts over Louisiana Tech (1-0) and Southern Miss (2-0) over this past weekend. For the third consecutive week, that earned an Owl a C-USA weekly honor, with
Ebba Blomqvist chosen as Defensive Player of the Week. At this point,
Tiril Haga leads the team in goals (four) and points (10),
Pernille Velta in assists (five, tied for fifth in the league), and 10 Owls have notched at least one goal, with another six in the points column with an assist. With the four recent shutouts, goalkeeper
Jennifer Ocampo is now tied for third in the league that category, and is fifth in C-USA with 50 saves.
Owls' Week in Preview
UTSA (4-5-1, 0-2-1 C-USA) is winless in their last three matches, all within the league, tying Middle Tennessee before dropping back-to-back decisions to Rice and North Texas. Friday night's match against the Owls will be their 2018 C-USA home opener. Lexi Bolton and Ellis Patterson each have five goals to pace the Roadrunners, and they are one-two in assists as well, with four and three, respectively.
Opponent History
The Roadrunners have a 1-0-2 advantage over the Owls, with the win coming last time out, in 2015, 1-0 in Boca Raton. The previous two years, these squads tied one another: a scoreless home affair in FAU's first ever Conference USA match in 2013, and 1-1 on the road in San Antonio in 2014. Not a single current Owl has ever logged a minute in a match against UTSA, with no meetings the last two years.
After This
Next are the final two matches for the Owls at FAU Soccer Stadium in 2018, hosting Old Dominion and Middle Tennessee. The first match, against the Monarchs, is Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. The regular season home finale, which is also Senior Day, takes place versus the Blue Raiders on Sunday, Oct. 14, with a 1 p.m. kickoff. Reserve your tickets now by visiting
www.FAUSports.com or calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS.